Bullying and Being Active

On Friday November 13^th the kindergarten to grade 4 students were visited by the Peterborough Mental Health Association. They were there to put on a presentation for the students and help them become aware of some issue that are happening in schools. They did two puppet plays for the children, the first one was called "Don't Just Sit There; Do Something". This play talked about the importance of getting exercise each day for an hour and a half, so that you stay healthy and fit. The puppets also reminded the children that stretching before playing was important so you don't pull a muscle and prevent injury. The students really enjoyed this play; they said that the stretching part was the funniest part of the whole play. They really liked the different sound effects that the puppets used to emphasize the stretching routine. As a break between plays the children learned a new song about a thirsty moose, and they got to dance around and sing the song.

The second play was called; "You're Not the Boss of Me"! This play had the puppets act out a bullying scenario where the children were called on to give advice on how to solve the problem. Some of the suggestions that the students came up with were; tell a teacher or adult, confront the bully and the one liked by the majority was confuse the bully. The children suggested that by giving the bully compliments like, nice shoes, and nice clothes would confuse the bully and they would stop picking on you.

All the students enjoyed the plays as they were funny and educational. The primaries would recommend that other schools go to see them.

 

Ideas for writing by:  Courtney M., Evan H., Bradley H., Ava S.

Written by:  Mr. Codie Grant(Student Teacher)

 Shopping for Books

By Natalie, Phil, Skyler, and Cassidy

 We won the Love of Reading competition and every year children from each class get to go to Chapters on a buying spree. Each class got between $300 to $500 dollars to spend. We spent $476 on fiction and non-fiction books for boys and girls. It was difficult to make choices.

 We all shopped in small groups to help each other to find the right books.  

 At lunch we had to eat on the bus because there were too many customers.

 We saw lots of beautiful pop-up books, educational games and toys. We had to buy what our class would enjoy reading also. We bought a whole bunch of books that our class would enjoy.

 Chapters is huge and beautiful, with great painting and displays. The people who work there were kind and helpful. We hope to go to Chapters again.

F.T.P.S. once again showed its school and community spirit as we participated in the Terry Fox run.  Whether running or walking, we all wanted to show our support for the fight against cancer.

Yesterday our class went on a class trip to the Lindsay Fair.  First we went to learn how pizza was made and what it was made from.  Next we went to the sheep barn and saw a goat getting milked.  Then we touched and picked up a huge python and put it in his cage.  Then we got to see the Sky Hawks jump out of a plane that was over 1000 feet above the ground.  They had parachutes so they wouldn't get hurt when they fell to the ground.  Then we had some free time to walk around with our small group.  Finally we left the Fair and got on the bus to go back to school.